Re: Olive-backed Orioles & Sacred Kingfishers around Melbourne

[Dr Richard Nowotny <>]

Both were present at the You Yangs Regional Park last weekend - one of
the more reliable sites for them.    Richard



> Bill Stent wrote:
> > 
> > Heard my first olive-backed oriole for the season yesterday
> just
> > upstream of
> > the Fairfield boathouse on the Yarra (in Melbourne).  Coming
> through
> > this
> > morning I caught a glimpse of it.  I think there may have been
> a
> > second as
> > well.
> > 
> > I was on the lookout (listen out?) for kingfishers.  Nix
> yet,
> > unfortunately.
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> We heard Sacred Kingfishers last weekend along Darebin Creek close
> to
> the Yarra confluence.
> On Sunday an Oriole was calling at Gresswell Hill or vicinity
> (between
> Macleod and Watsonia).
> Anthea Fleming

               
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